I Am Morbid – the band featuring former Morbid Angel members bassist and vocalist David Vincent and drummer Tim Yeung alongside guitarists Bill Hudson and Richie Brown – has been out the road playing classic Morbid Angel tunes for quite a few years. But will the band ever channel that energy into new music?
According to Vincent in an interview with Altars Of Metal, he's got some stuff written but he's not sure if anyone would listen to it. Which I personally think is untrue – of course people would listen to it. It's half of Morbid Angel's classic lineup making new music. And it's not like Morbid Angel is out there cranking out a steady stream of tunes.
"We've talked about it. I have some songs. I just don't know if anybody would care, because it would only be compared to the [classic Morbid Angel] records."
He added: "There's a lot of time that passes, and as time passes, you grow. And if there would've been a continuum for so many years, and new record, new record, new record, probably what I would do now would be a bit different, because music and art is a reflection of where you are today. And where I am today is much different from where I was in the '80s.
Vincent later noted that he wants to keep I Am Morbid as a legacy project rather than making new music, which is adirable.
"Maybe. We've talked about it. I just don't know that it's a good idea. I mean, I really wanna keep this kind of as a legacy project. That's what's important to me. And I think that's what's important to fans. And every band probably goes through this.
"I mean, Iron Maiden could come out tomorrow with the very best record that they've ever done — musically, sonically, the composition, et cetera — but when they play live, what do people wanna hear? They wanna hear 'Wrathchild', they wanna hear 'The Number Of The The Beast', they wanna hear 'Flight Of Icarus'. All bands have the same problem. So, nobody cares about the new stuff. They wanna hear their favorites."
Stilll, Vinent said "Well, we'll see what happens. We'll leave it there. We'll see what happens." So don't totally count out something new!
